Coronavirus: Pointe-Claire Plaza merchants adapt to changes and receive continuous support “Many main arteries in the city have been turned into pedestrian streets for the summer,” said Pascal Salzman, president of Biz NDG, Monkland’s business association. “Some (merchants) are for it and some are against it.”Salzman is also the owner of Monkland’s Le Cheese restaurant.“Like most businesses, we are feeling the pinch of these times,” he said.Monkland Avenue has had its “sanitary corridor” in place since Sunday, April 19.
A part of the street is closed off to accommodate a wider pedestrian walkway.“I’m an environmentalist,” said Debbie Donelle, owner of DEBra Lingerie. “But the reality is clients sometimes need to be able to take their cars.